Mississippi LIDAR

LIDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth. These light pulses—combined with other data recorded by the airborne system— generate precise, three-dimensional information about the shape of the Earth and its surface characteristics.

MARIS has available for delivery LIDAR data for parts of the state. This data is from a variety of projects from the MS Department of Environmental Quality, US Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.G.S, FEMA, and NRCS, NOAA, National Park Service, TVA, and the US Army.

DOWNLOAD: For individual areas, use the project Maps by County to identify which tiles encompass your area of interest.
Click on the next to your specific project; then select which tiles you need by Rt-Click, File-Save-As.

NOTE: LIDAR data since 2015 comes with Version 1.4 .las files. Some software packages do not support this version. (ArcGIS 10.2, GLOBAL Mapper, etc...).
To convert these v 1.4 to v 1.2, use las2las from LAStools - Click here for instructions...